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CRIUNNIÚ na nÓg 2023 — the national day of colourful, free and creative activities for thousands of young people — has been launched today by Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin.
Taking place on Saturday, June 10, there’s loads of events planned for Tralee and Kerry with more than 500 free creative activities for children and young people throughout the country.
Cruinniú na nÓg 2023 is a collaboration between, the Creative Ireland Programme, local authorities and RTÉ and is the only event of its kind in the world.
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Announcing Cruinniú na nÓg 2022, Minister Martin said: “Every year Cruinniú na nÓg becomes more firmly embedded into the lives of young people all over Ireland. There’s a huge programme of free creative activities for 10th June that will really stretch the imaginative muscles of all young people. Cruinniú na nÓg 2023 is a wonderful opportunity for the young people of Ireland to show off a little, try a new creative activity, make new friends and connect with their communities. Every event is free.”
Among the events taking place in Tralee are Art and Poetry with Amanda at Kerry County Museum; an exhibition of Junk Kouture outfits designed and created by Tralee Secondary School students, also at the Museum; a Mini Music Movers Workshop and a Drum Rollers Workshop at Shanakill Family Resource Centre; Give It Socks! – where participants get to make their very own sock puppet and learn the basic principles of puppetry performance at Siamsa Tire; Solstice Siamsa also at Siamsa Tire; Storytime Origami at Tralee Library and Ceol le hAoife at the Na Gaeil Clubhouse.
For more information and times on all the Kerry events, click here. For more information on Criunniú na nÓg click here.
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